ANTHROPOLOGICAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does anthropological mean? 

• ANTHROPOLOGICAL (adjective)
  The adjective ANTHROPOLOGICAL has 1 sense:

1. of or concerned with the science of anthropology

  Familiarity information: ANTHROPOLOGICAL used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANTHROPOLOGICAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or concerned with the science of anthropology

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

anthropological studies

Pertainym:

anthropology (the social science that studies the origins and social relationships of human beings)

Derivation:

anthropology (the social science that studies the origins and social relationships of human beings)

 Context examples 

In addition, the anthropological study has shown that these populations suffered from degenerative diseases such as osteoarthritis.

(The necropolis of El Barranquete in Níjar (Almería), proven to have been used for funerary rituals throughout the Bronze Age, University of Granada)

Researchers have concluded, by analysing the diet of past peoples from samples in the anthropological collections of the Megalithic necropolises of Panoría (Darro, Granada) and El Barranquete (Níjar, Almería), that although Megalithic communities did vary their eating habits over time, there were no relevant social differences either in the type of food or in the proportion of proteins consumed.

(Analysis of the Palaeolithic diet finds that, in the prehistoric age, for thousands of years there were no social divisions in food consumption, University of Granada)

The anthropological study of the remains, which are mixed together forming ossuaries, has shown that individuals of both genders and of all ages accessed to the funerary ritual, with little presence of children despite the high mortality rates.

(The necropolis of El Barranquete in Níjar (Almería), proven to have been used for funerary rituals throughout the Bronze Age, University of Granada)

One of the researchers, Gonzalo Aranda, explains that this re‑inspection has been focused on characterizing the population buried at that site from their anthropological and biochemical study, as well as from the analysis of the chronology and temporality of this cultural phenomenon through the radiocarbon dating of their funerary activities.

(The necropolis of El Barranquete in Níjar (Almería), proven to have been used for funerary rituals throughout the Bronze Age, University of Granada)